Lunate \Lu"nate\, Lunated \Lu"na*ted\, a. [L. lunatus crescent-shaped, p. p. of lunare to bend like a crescent, fr. luna the moon.]

Crescent-shaped; resembling the crescent moon; as, a lunate leaf; a lunate beak; a lunated cross. --Gray.

Syn: lunular, bicephalous, crescent(prenominal), crescent-shaped. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

lunate adj : resembling the new moon in shape [syn: crescent(a), crescent-shaped, semilunar]

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

Lunate \Lu"nate\, Lunated \Lu"na*ted\, a. [L. lunatus crescent-shaped, p. p. of lunare to bend like a crescent, fr. luna the moon.]

Crescent-shaped; as, a lunate leaf; a lunate beak; a lunated cross. --Gray.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)